Ports/Weight/Sliding Tandems

Sliding the fifth wheel changes the weight between drives and steers. 5th wheel forward means more weight on the steers less on the drives and vice versa.

Sliding the tandems ahead puts more weight on the tandems and less on the drives. The trailer is s lever and the tandems are the pivot, if thinking of it that way helps.

Weight redistribution per hole varies with the tractor and trailer brand, as they are not all spaced the same.

There's a calculator app that you enter variables and it tells you how many holes to slide the tandems. I've never used it but I've seen it so I can't vouch for it.

I wish you well.

 

best book of all times. i also got a card that shows what brand and year trailer to set holes. i needed book the other day in fl. i ran 15th hole and 41,000 on trailer tandems. these two things saved my ### super fast. i turned too fl. it showed fl let you have 44,000 on a set but 80k and under

 

Ports are for enforcement, not for finding out if you're legal weight or not. Never enter a port unless you know your weights are legal (i.e, weigh at a public scale like a CAT scale at a truck stop or a private scale at the shipper).

Make sure you have a couple of cans of WD40 or PB blaster in the truck. Unless a trailer slides tandems pretty frequently, they can get stuck, and a little spray oil (well, a lot of spray oil) goes a long way.

Sliding tandems goes easier if you get the truck moving and then hit the trailer brakes, than trying to slide them from standing still. It's easier to slide tandems and fifth wheels when empty.

 

Where can a guy get those?

 

the book i guess online or store. the card is company made info. they also gave me the book

 

Sweet. Thanks!

 

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